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How to disambiguate a second version of an installation from command-line?
I installed a tool called herd (http://diy.inria.fr/herd/). The original version of this I think is in the global path so I can call it from anywhere by writing herd7. Now I also have a second ...
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Convert folder to .bin-File
I just downloaded a bin file for my new application. The problem is that I had to change some config files, and for that I used 7-zip to unpack the files. I changed the files the way I want to have ...
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Unable to execute file with superuser priviliges
I am trying to install the VMware client on my work computer, which is running CentOS 7 and on which I have superuser privileges. When I run the command sudo ./VMware-Horizon-Client-5.2.0-14604769....
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Testing whether an executable can be run on Linux? [duplicate]
In my Ubuntu packages, I install a hook with a one liner script: if test -x /usr/bin/snapsignal then /usr/bin/snapsignal "snapmanagerdaemon/DPKGUPDATE hook_action=\"$DPKG_HOOK_ACTION\"" fi (...
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How to give permissions for all users to execute a program installed by sudoers?
I installed a Perl program with many external dependencies in /opt/Soft (ubuntu 18 ) using sudo su at first step. Once installed, I exit the "sudo su" mode I could not anymore execute the program as a ...
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Make binary executable available for all user
How to make a binary file available for all linux(Ubuntu) user. eg: When we install the golang using apt install golang-go the go executable is available for all user. Where will they add the ...
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Can binaries built from source be installed on a second machine?
I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask this - please point me in the right direction if there's a better place. Let's say, hypothetically, that I have two machines - A is a development machine,...
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Will overwriting to an executable file affect a process which is running the original executable file?
When a executable file is run in a process, if the executable file is overwritten or deleted and then recreated by reinstallation, will the process rerun the new executable file? Does the answer to ...
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Installed "singular" and can't start it
I downloaded Singular, from the terminal. I simply can't find it now that it's installed! It's not in my installed applications and the command "singular" on the terminal gives nothing. How do I ...
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How to install executables
I sometimes run into software that is not offered in .deb or .rpm but only as an executable. For example Visual Studio Code, WebStorm or Kerbal Space Programm. For this question, I will take Visual ...
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Can't run tmux although it's installed [duplicate]
I compiled tmux from source on Ubuntu 12.04 and it is installed in /usr/local/bin/tmux by default. However, when I type tmux in terminal I get the following message: $ tmux -bash: /usr/bin/tmux: No ...
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How do I add a program with a directory of dependencies to $PATH?
I want to add a program to my $PATH, but its code is split into various files that it imports at run-time from a lib/ in its root directory. projectRootDirectory ├ programBinary └ lib ├ someLibrary ...
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Installing a bz2 file
Coming from a windows platform I am a bit confused over how compressed files are installed in Linux . I am using fedora 20. Now I downloaded FoxIt pdf reader from here. I also read this post which ...
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ant command not found when running from the path othe than ant installation directory
Actually I have installed Ant in rhel5 environment and set ANT_HOME variable in /etc/profile which points to /usr/local/ant/bin so when I execute command echo $ANT_HOME it gives correct path but I get ...
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Trouble creating symbolic link [closed]
I installed a software on OpenSUSE. However, to open it one has to type /usr/local/software/start_software everytime. I tried creating a symbolic link using sudo ln -s /usr/local/software/...
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